There are a lot of different DJ software solutions on the market today. This poll was created to help DJs determine which software best suits their needs. If you have a DJ software preference, please cast your vote below. Please also leave a comment supporting your vote! What’s the Best DJ Software? Serato Scratch Live [...]
The latest firmware update for the Rane Sixty-Two mixer is in public beta as part of the Scratch Live 2.4.2 release. Along with a few bug fixes and improvements, the 2.4.2 Scratch Live Update along with the 1.14 firmware update allows the Rane Sixty-Two to have mixtape support and multi channel layer support. Midi mapping [...]
I hate and love tax time. I hate it because I usually end up paying in to the IRS, but I kinda love it because it’s somewhat like a puzzle. I have to find all the pieces to the puzzle to get the best deduction; what gear did I buy, where did I advertise, what [...]
Sometimes you need an mp3 of a track that you can only find on youtube. In my case, I needed a track off a CD that I bought back in 1997, but since have lost. I tried to find it at our local music stores and came up empty handed. I don’t condone stealing music [...]
Ableton Live is a great program to use to make DJ friendly edits, blends, transitions, and mixes. I’ve made a number of custom edits for myself to spice up my sets, and have even had a few featured on DJ City and Direct Music Service. When I first got started with Ableton, it was somewhat [...]
Some Serato Scratch Live users have had issues with the Video SL plugin, so they have opted for the only other alternative – MixEmergency. MixEmergency is basically a video plugin made specifically for Serato Scratch Live. I heard somewhere that the developer for MixEmergency actually used to work for Serato, but I’m not sure if [...]
On any online DJ forum, you are guaranteed to see a question about DJ music subscription services. Which one is best? Which one is cheapest? Which one has the best selection? And so on and so on. In my opinion, the two top dogs in this field are Direct Music Service or DMS (www.directmusicservice.com) and [...]
Some time ago, I had the opportunity to do a hands-on review of Cross, a digital vinyl system from the French company Mixvibes. Being a loyal Serato Scratch Live user, I was somewhat surprised at how much I enjoyed Mixvibes Cross. It was a solid, stable, low-latency DVS. Now, Mixvibes has announced that it will [...]
It’s been a while since there have been any cool Easter Eggs from Rane or Serato. I remember Pong, Anti-Trainspotting (AM) mode, and Loop Roll, but I can’t think of any other meaningful ones that have been found. Well, in this little teaser video, the Rane tech team shows us “Beast Mode” on the new [...]
I couple of months back, I was starting to get extremely pissed with Serato. I was running version 1.9.2 (which I had downgraded to after I had a couple of kernel panics with 2.2), then decided to upgrade to 2.3.3. There was a lot of talk online that 2.3.3 was probably the most stable version [...]
